Kolkata Knight Riders in 2014

Kolkata Knight Riders
2014 season
Coach Trevor Bayliss
Captain Gautam Gambhir
Ground(s) Eden Gardens, Kolkata
IPL winners
CLT20 runners up
Most runs Robin Uthappa (660)[1]
Most wickets Sunil Narine (21)[2]

The Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) is a franchise cricket team based in Kolkata, India, which plays in the Indian Premier League (IPL). They were one of the eight teams that competed in the 2014 Indian Premier League. They were captained by Gautam Gambhir. Kolkata Knight Riders finished winners in the IPL and qualified for the Champions League T20.

Background

Knight Riders retained only their captain Gambhir and spinner Sunil Narine as they went into the 2014 IPL auctions. They bought back Jacques Kallis, Yusuf Pathan, Shakib Al Hasan, Manvinder Bisla and Ryan Ten Doeschate. New additions to the side were Robin Uthappa, Manish Pandey, Morne Morkel, Umesh Yadav, Piyush Chawla, Vinay Kumar, Chris Lynn along with some other uncapped and foreign players. KKR had a good start to the seventh edition in UAE, defeating defending champions Mumbai Indians in the inaugural match. However, their performance dipped and they won only 1 out of their next 4 games played there, including a super over tie against Rajasthan Royals, which they ultimately lost on a boundary count. Their poor form continued as they lost two more matches after they were back in India, making it five losses in seven games. The team changed their batting order, promoting Robin Uthappa as an opener which worked very well as he became the highest run scorer in the tournament with 660 runs. He also scored 40+ runs in 10 consecutive matches. Sunil Narine continued his great run, being the second highest wicket taker. Knight Riders recovered from the losing streak, winning each of their next 7 games. In their last group game against the Sunrisers Hyderabad, Yusuf Pathan blitzed his way to a half century off just 15 balls, which is a record in the IPL. After the group stage, they were tied at 18 points with Chennai Super Kings but beat them to the second place in points table by a better net run rate.

They played the first Qualifier at their home ground Eden Gardens against Kings XI Punjab which they won by 28 runs and entered the final for the second time in their history. In the final at Bengaluru, they met Kings XI Punjab again and defeated them by 3 wickets in a thrilling match chasing a mammoth 200, with local boy Manish Pandey delivering his best knock of the season with a brilliant 94 in 50 balls, to win their second title in 3 years. The victory was celebrated grandly in a similar fashion to their 2012 Indian Premier League title win.

Indian Premier League

Season standings

Kolkata Knight Riders finished runners-up in the league stage of IPL 2014.

Team[3] Pld W L NR Pts NRR
Kings XI Punjab (R) 14 11 3 0 22 +0.968
Kolkata Knight Riders (C) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.418
Chennai Super Kings (3) 14 9 5 0 18 +0.385
Mumbai Indians (4) 14 7 7 0 14 +0.095
Rajasthan Royals 14 7 7 0 14 +0.060
Sunrisers Hyderabad 14 6 8 0 12 −0.399
Royal Challengers Bangalore 14 5 9 0 10 −0.428
Delhi Daredevils 14 2 12 0 4 −1.182

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Scorecard link
1 April 17, 2014 Mumbai Indians Abu Dhabi Won by 41 Runs, MoM - India Jacques Kallis 72(46) Score Card
2 April 19, 2014 Delhi Daredevils Dubai Lost by 4 Wickets Score Card
3 April 24, 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Sharjah Won by 2 Runs, MoM - Australia Chris Lynn 45(31) Score Card
4 April 26, 2014 Kings XI Punjab Abu Dhabi Lost by 24 Runs Score Card
5 April 29, 2014 Rajasthan Royals Abu Dhabi Match Tied; Super Over Tied; Lost by Boundary Count Score Card
6 May 2, 2014 Chennai Super Kings Ranchi Lost by 35 Runs Score Card
7 May 5, 2014 Rajasthan Royals Ahmedabad Lost by 10 Runs Score Card
8 May 7, 2014 Delhi Daredevils New Delhi Won by 8 Wickets, MoM - India Gautam Gambhir 69(56) Score Card
9 May 11, 2014 Kings XI Punjab Cuttack Won by 9 Wickets, MoM - India Gautam Gambhir 63(45) Score Card
10 May 14, 2014 Mumbai Indians Cuttack Won by 6 Wickets, MoM - India Robin Uthappa 80(52) Score Card
11 May 18, 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Hyderabad Won by 7 Wickets, MoM - India Umesh Yadav 3/26 (4 Overs) Score Card
12 May 20, 2014 Chennai Super Kings Kolkata Won by 8 Wickets, MoM - India Robin Uthappa 67(39) Score Card
13 May 22, 2014 Royal Challengers Bangalore Kolkata Won by 30 Runs, MoM - India Robin Uthappa 83(51) Score Card
14 May 24, 2014 Sunrisers Hyderabad Kolkata Won by 4 Wickets, MoM - India Yusuf Pathan 72(22) Score Card
15 May 28, 2014 Kings XI Punjab (Qualifier 1) Kolkata Won by 28 Runs, MoM - India Umesh Yadav 3/13 (4 Overs) Score Card
16 June 1, 2014 Kings XI Punjab (Final) Bangalore Won by 3 Wickets, MoM – India Manish Pandey 94(50) Score Card
Overall Record of 11 – 5

Champions of the 2014 Indian Premier League

Qualified for 2014 Champions League Twenty20

Champions League Twenty20

Match log

No. Date Opponent Venue Result Match Scorecard
1 17 September India Chennai Super Kings Hyderabad Won by 3 wickets, MoM - Jamaica Andre Russell 58 (25) and 0/12 (1 over) Scorecard
2 21 September Pakistan Lahore Lions Hyderabad Won by 4 wickets, MoM - Trinidad and Tobago Sunil Narine 3/9 (4 overs) Scorecard
3 24 September Australia Perth Scorchers Hyderabad Won by 3 wickets, MoM - India Kuldeep Yadav 3/24 (4 overs), 1 catch Scorecard
4 29 September South Africa Dolphins Hyderabad Won by 36 runs, MoM - India Robin Uthappa 85 (55) Scorecard
5 2 October (Semifinal) Australia Hobart Hurricanes Hyderabad Won by 7 wickets, MoM - South Africa Jacques Kallis 54* (40) Scorecard
6 4 October (Final) India Chennai Super Kings Bangalore Lost By 8 Wickets Scorecard
Overall Record of 5-1 in CLT20 2014

Finished as Runners-Up 2/10 (14)

References

  1. "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  2. "Indian Premier League, 2014/ Records / Most runs". ESPNCricinfo. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. "IPL 2014 Point Table". IPL. 16 March 2014. Retrieved 16 April 2014.
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